Please, I have 10 servers virtualized. I didn't spend anymore on the two physical servers I have than the 10 servers I would've had to purchase without a virtual environment. In fact, if I had to estimate it, I estimate I spent at least 50% less. Probably closer to 70%, but 50% is a safe, easy estimate.
Most servers aren't doing anything than maing heat and using electricity while they're on. Unless you're doing some intensive database stuff, hard to justify staying physical nowadays. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:48 AM, HELP_PC <[email protected]> wrote: > Storagecraft is ,IMO, the best and if you find a good reseller is not so > expensive. You may also buy the It edition for a yearly fee and you are able > to image unlimited number of machines. > Virtualization for 10 servers requires a very expensive hardware if you are > not simply experimenting! > > Regards > > *GuidoElia* > *HELPPC* > > > ------------------------------ > *Da:* Bob Hartung [mailto:[email protected]] > *Inviato:* lunedì 12 luglio 2010 15.31 > *A:* NT System Admin Issues > *Oggetto:* Server Disk Imaging > > I've been looking for a disk imaging solution for the servers on our > network. They currently are all Dell PowerEdge servers running Windows 2003. > My main goal is to be able to restore a server quickly in the event of a > hardware failure, like a RAID card failure that hoses the hard drives. > > We use Arcserve for doing nightly backups and as a file by file solution, > it's fine. For disaster recovery, it leaves a lot to be desired. It > essentially does a reinstall of the operating system and then restores from > back. As such, it's not very fast. > > I've tried a number of disk imaging software packages. They all can create > an image of the server system drive while the server is running and that's > great. However, what seems to always be a weak point is restoring from a > boot disk. > > All the packages have a utility to create a bootable CD but they generally > have a problem either accessing the RAID volume or the LAN adapter or both. > Whether they use Windows PXE, Linux or DOS, drivers seem to be a problem. It > would seem logical that these software packages would have a utility to copy > the existing drivers off the system and incorporate them into the BootDisk > but none do that I've found. > > The only package I've tried so far that seems to work with the couple of > servers I've been testing on is Acronis Backup and Recovery for Servers. I'd > use this if it weren't so expensive at roughly $1,000 per server. > > Anyone using a disk imaging solution they'd care to recommend? > > Thanks. > > ---------------------- > > Bob Hartung > Wisco Industries, Inc. > 736 Janesville St. > Oregon, WI 53575 > Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 > Fax: (608) 835-7399 > e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
